Ex-insurance investigator Ian Souter sets up his own security agency — the SIS (Specialists in Security) — alongside ex-cop Robert Shoesmith and secretary Heather Keys - and fight crime.
The Protectors (Season 1)
Landscape with Bandits (Episode 1)
Writer: Bill Strutton
Air date: 1964-03-28
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: 'The criminals and us – we're all in the same business. The difference being, our clients pay us to keep one jump ahead of the criminal mind' – Ian Souter. SIS opens its doors for the first time.
The Bottle Shop (Episode 2)
Writer: Martin Woodhouse
Air date: 1964-04-04
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: Invited to discover why a research laboratory is losing money, even though they have a monopoly in the medical research trade, the Protectors discover that someone is making overtures to the competition and is prepared to sing — for a price.
Happy Is the Loser (Episode 3)
Writer: Lewis Davidson
Air date: 1964-04-11
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: Accepting what appears to be a routine assignment, SIS suddenly find themselves involved in violence when they're framed by a gang of ruthless racketeers.
No Forwarding Address (Episode 4)
Writer: Fiona McConnell
Air date: 1964-04-18
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: Following up on a lead, Souter and Shoesmith find themselves in a deserted warehouse which should contain the answer to a riddle they're determined to solve. They find nothing of interest — beyond a dead body.
The Loop Men (Episode 5)
Writer: Larry Forrester
Air date: 1964-04-25
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: An injured railwayman, a loop-line rendezvous at midnight: clues which the Protectors must crack to discover the headquarters of a gang of hijackers — and deliver a young man from a life of crime.
The Stamp Collection (Episode 6)
Writer: Ian Kennedy Martin
Air date: 1964-05-02
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: Guarding a world-famous stamp collection locked in a bombproof vault hardly seems a dangerous assignment. But the Protectors will need all their guile when they come up against a brilliant criminal.
It Could Happen Here (Episode 7)
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
Air date: 1964-05-09
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: The SIS team find themselves up against a gang who intend to infiltrate a union to play a sordid game of industrial espionage which could destroy a union official and his family.
Freedom! (Episode 8)
Writer: Bill Strutton
Air date: 1964-05-16
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: A young girl's bid for political asylum and a team of vigilant security men spell trouble for Souter and Shoesmith when they're assigned to investigate the validity of the girl's claims.
The Pirate (Episode 9)
Writer: John Lucarotti
Air date: 1964-05-23
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: Conman Smokey Grey is anxious to unload £30,000 in stolen jewels. But the Protectors have other more important things to occupy their minds as Heather has been kidnapped.
The Deadly Chameleon (Episode 10)
Writer: Brian Clemens
Air date: 1964-05-30
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: How – and why – is a timid bank clerk connected to a baffling case of fraud? If they are to save an innocent man's life, the Protectors must find the answer — their dilemma: their chief suspect has disappeared.
Who Killed Lazoryck? (Episode 11)
Writer: Larry Forrester
Air date: 1964-06-06
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: When the past catches up with a highly-placed spy. Souter and Shoesmith find themselves facing a race against time to find the connecting link between the man and a recently-released political prisoner.
Channel Crossing (Episode 12)
Writer: Malcolm Hulke
Air date: 1964-06-13
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: When personal disaster strikes terror into the heart of a prominent government minister, the Protectors, assigned to guard the man during a luxury cruise, find themselves in very dangerous waters.
Cargo from Corinth (Episode 13)
Writer: John Lucarotti
Air date: 1964-06-20
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: Returning from their last assignment, the Protectors are asked to guard a valuable stature in transit from Corinth to Venice: a mission that once again that once again finds them all at sea and surrounded by sharks of the human variety.
The Reluctant Thief (Episode 14)
Writer: Bill Strutton
Air date: 1964-06-27
Runtime: 52 min
Overview: When Heather falls victim of a wages snatch. Souter and thief are in strange company. Meanwhile, Shoesmith discovers a surprising motive for the robbery.
Seasons
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